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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by tekism on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:31PM (#11613533)
One thing I don't like about the chip is it seems to take a much longer time to authenticate. Is this the same in Europe as well? Would be nice if it was as fast as a swipe. But I rather have better security.
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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by kempbellt on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:34PM (#11614769)
My main gripe, which is pretty trivial I guess, is that I'm so used to just swiping the card and throwing it back in my wallet. Using the chip requires leaving the card in the reader until the transaction is complete, so I've almost walked off without my card a couple times. I agree though. I'd rather have better security. I just need to adjust my habits :)
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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by extrapickles on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:14PM (#11615152)
They are working on making it faster[1], though I wouldn't hold my breath for it to be rolled out anytime soon.

[1]: http://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2016/Visa-Speeds-...

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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by kbart on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @01:08AM (#11618070)
It has mo to do with connection to host/processor than the chip itself. Reading chip takes milliseconds usually.
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